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Glitchy HealthCare.gov Unlikely to Work by Nov. 30 Deadline

The bad news for President Obama's online insurance marketplace HealthCare.gov keeps coming. The site, which has been riddled with bugs and glitches since its Oct. 1 launch, won't be fixed by the end of November, as the White House and top officials promised.

According to the Post's source, the website can't handle traffic when 20,000 to 30,000 people log on simultaneously, and CGI Federal, the company behind the site's development, has only fixed 60% of the bugs.

During a speech in Dallas last week, President Obama said the "website is already better than it was at the beginning of October, and by the end of this month, we anticipate that it is going to be working the way it is supposed to, all right?"

Under the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare," most Americans are required to have insurance by Jan. 1. Until the website's issues are resolved, the administration points to alternative enrollment options—like call centers or healthcare insurers that directly sell plans—as a temporary patch.

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